Revisiting the Tour Divide: Jim Stansbury's Divide Diary, Route Map 2

The next video in the series is here.

Revisiting the Tour Divide: 2012

It's been more than a while since the last post at this site. Plan to participate in the race some day, thanks in no small part to this series of videos. 

Jim Stansbury's video diary of the 2012 edition of the Tour Divide Race: Part 1.

 

Cancellara’s Descent: No Ordinary Cyclist

Saxo Bank's Cancellara makes a gutsy descent to rejoin theTour de France peloton.

Lance Armstrong vs Marco Pantani Tour de France 2000

OK, discredited doper vs. coke fiend.  Still, a good head-to-head. And Pantani was never accused of the catalogue of crimes tarnishing Lance's name.

Noodling: the "Honest to Goodness" Ramen-ya

 

Shinkichi-ya has been around for over 40 years, run by the same couple, now in their 70s.  There's usually a queue at peak times and throughout the day on wekends and holidays. 

 

                                         The standard roast-pork (chashuu) shoyu ramen.  

The Remains of the Fall

Gingko trees. (An Aussie friend has dubbed this species the "chunder" tree for its malodorous nuts.)

   

                                                     Migratory geese in a rice field.

Tour Divide 2010 Video Link

Nice video of the 2010 running of The Divide, linked to a blog with plenty of useful information about bikepacking:  http://teamkaker.com/tour-divide-2010-movie-gear/